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CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
Synonyms:
criminal prosecution; prosecution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("criminal prosecution" is a kind of...):
action; action at law; legal action (a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "criminal prosecution"):
double jeopardy (the prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried; prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution)
Holonyms ("criminal prosecution" is a part of...):
trial ((law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law)
